The Creator of heaven and earth can certainly write a new ending to your story.
My hubby and I really enjoy the television show, Grimm. It comes on Friday nights and we look forward to it all week. It’s a show about good versus evil with the supernatural thrown in and is based loosely on Grimm’s Fairytales.
The writers of that show truly amaze me. There is one character named Adalind, who was an evil hexenbiest. She destroyed everything she came into contact with and was truly pure evil. But, then she got pregnant and her life and the life of her child was in danger, so she willingly gave up her powers.
She became a mother and the life of her child became her focus. She turned her back on evil and made friends with people who had been her enemies. The transformation has been truly amazing. She has friends and has embraced the good in life. I am in awe at the writers who made it happen.
My daughter refuses to watch the show with us anymore because she had come to dislike the Adalind character so much that she is angry that they didn’t kill her off the show.
I was thinking about, Grimm, the other day and Adalind’s transformation and how people really can change. She is a fictional character. Her change is due to excellent writing and good acting, but we have something even better through Jesus.
When we embrace grace, and surrender all of our own bad thoughts and deeds, and ask for forgiveness, God can completely rewrite our story. He can take our ashes and create true beauty. He can take our messes and make masterpieces. He can do what is seemingly impossible because for Him, nothing is impossible.
There will always be naysayers, like my daughter with Adalind, who refuse to believe, but that doesn’t make the possibilities or the transformation with God, any less true or real.
Our Divine Writer is always waiting to write for us a new story, a better story; one that has Jesus at the center, one that embraces truth and light, one that produces peace, patience, love and joy.
We simply have to remember that we are the characters in our story and allow Him to be the writer. Once we embrace that truth, we truly have the ability to change the world.
Sometimes I really want to write my own story and do it my way instead of His. It often doesn’t turn out very well. Sometimes I need reminding. Perhaps you do too.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂